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Vijay Iyer

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Composer-pianist VIJAY IYER (pronounced “VID-jay EYE-yer”) has carved out a unique path as an influential, prolific, shape-shifting presence in modern music. He was described by Pitchfork as "one of the best in the world at what he does," by the Los Angeles Weekly as “a boundless and deeply important young star,” by the New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” and by Minnesota Public Radio as “an American treasure.” A musical innovator, an active collaborator, and a member of multiple artistic communities, Iyer continues to reimagine the role of the musician in the 21st century. Iyer’s Uneasy, a trio recording made with his friends and collaborators Linda May Han Oh on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums, was released by ECM in April 2021 to wide acclaim, the Boston Globe calling it “extraordinary,” and noting it as “another entry in Iyer’s extensive oeuvre, reaffirming his status as one of the most creative figures in improvised music.”

Album

Orange Afternoons

Label: Greenleaf Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Gulf; Valori Bollati; Solato; Orologi; Orange Afternoons; Frontier Justice.

Album

Compassion

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Compassion; Arch; Overjoyed; Maelstrom; Prelude: Orison; Tempest; Panegyric; Nonaah; Where I Am; Ghostrumental; It Goes; Free Spirits / Drummer’s Song.

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Vijay Iyer, Too Many Zooz, Annie Chen, Jacky Terrasson & More

Read "Vijay Iyer, Too Many Zooz, Annie Chen, Jacky Terrasson & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


Welcome to your weekly fix of recent and upcoming releases, from the seismic brasshouse of Too Many Zooz to the re-imagining of Sun Ra's The Magic City by Meshell Ndegeocello, and a whole lot in between. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Too ...

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Article: Live Review

Vijay Iyer and Friends Pay Tribute to Andrew Hill

Read "Vijay Iyer and Friends Pay Tribute to Andrew Hill" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew HillHarlem StageNew York, NYMarch 1, 2024 From the start, “Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate the Music of Andrew Hill" was no standard tribute. The show's distinctions crystallized during a sublime, uninterrupted 15 minutes of music near the end ...

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Article: Album Review

Lynne Arriale: Being Human

Read "Being Human" reviewed by Doug Collette


It is worth (re)stating what a balm to the soul is good jazz music. Still, on her seventeenth album as a leader, pianist/composer Lynne Arriale expounds upon that verity with bassist Alon Near and drummer Lukasz Zyta, all the while refraining from overstatement. In so doing, Arriale and company extend the conscious decision to ...

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Article: Live Review

The Trio with Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer and Dafnis Prieto at the Jazz Gallery

Read "The Trio with Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer and Dafnis Prieto at the Jazz Gallery" reviewed by Paul Reynolds


The Trio with Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, and Dafnis PrietoJazz Gallery New York, NYFebruary 25, 2024 For a team of titans --two recipients of MacArthur Foundation “genius grants," plus a Pulitzer Prize winner--The Trio keeps a low profile, even within the jazz community. Perennially busy as leaders, authors and educators, Henry ...

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Article: Opinion

When is a Jazz Festival (Not) a Jazz Festival?

Read "When is a Jazz Festival (Not) a Jazz Festival?" reviewed by John Kelman


This article was first published at All About Jazz on May 20, 2011. It's becoming almost pandemic for jazz festivals around the world to be challenged for deciding to broaden their programming into areas either peripherally related to jazz... or, in some cases, away from jazz entirely. Festivals like the near-iconic Montreux Jazz Festival, ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Freedom Suite, Blanche Calloway, Jazz at the Philharmonic

Read "Freedom Suite, Blanche Calloway, Jazz at the Philharmonic" reviewed by David Brown


This week we'll celebrate the recording milestone of Sonny Rollins' Freedom Suite, recorded 66 years ago this weekend on February 11, 1958; then a birthday tribute to singer, bandleader Blanche Calloway born this weened in 1902 who was a first woman to lean an all-male jazz band; and we'll tour with Jazz at the Philharmonic for ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Jeff Parker, Pascal Le Boeuf, and Franz Koglmann

Read "Jeff Parker, Pascal Le Boeuf, and Franz Koglmann" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features newer music from musicians such as Pascal Le Boeuf, Billy Mohler, and Gabriel Espinosa and older music from the likes of Jeff Parker, Andrew Hill and Franz Koglmann. Playlist The Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & ...


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